Packhouse Coordinator

Overview:

We're looking for someone practical and capable who is comfortable across quality, stock and production coordination rather than a pure QC or pure warehouse person.

Duties:

• Checking inbound and packed fruit, understanding customer specifications, spotting deterioration or defects, issuing QC reports and escalating issues quickly.
• Maintaining accurate stock visibility by product, grower, lot, age and allocation, and flagging ageing or excess stock before it becomes a problem.
• Working day to day with the packhouse team to ensure clear visibility on what is being packed, when, for which customer, and whether anything is going off plan.
• Checking labels, pallet builds, quantities and customer requirements before dispatch. - Proactively updating the team on what is physically happening rather than waiting to be asked.

Skills:

1. Good oral and written communication skills
2. Numeracy for stock management
3. People skills, including the ability to inspire, lead and motivate a team of people, delegate work and explain ideas
4. Planning and organising skills
5. Accuracy and attention to detail
6. Initiative and decisiveness
7. IT skills and spreadsheets
8. The ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines

This is a permanent role office based.